In Mexico City, pleasantries help keep the city afloat
Source: BBC News By Megan Frye 27 November 2017 I’d lived in Mexico City for about six months before witnessing somebody get visibly angry in public. And it wasn’t a […]
A Trump-like politician in Brazil could snag the support of a powerful religious group: evangelicals
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey November 28 at 10:11 AM Brazilian Congressman Jair Bolsonaro (Sebastiao Moreira/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) SÃO PAULO — Corruption scandals that have landed several of Brazil’s leading politicians […]
Hurricane Irma: More than 100 high risk prisoners escaped
Source: BBC News More than 100 prisoners escaped when Hurricane Irma hit the British Virgin Islands, Foreign Office minister Sir Alan Duncan has confirmed. He told MPs there had been […]
Mexico’s strongest quake in century strikes off southern coast
Source: BBC News An earthquake described by Mexico’s president as the country’s strongest in a century has struck off the southern coast, killing at least 33 people. The quake, which […]
Brazil opens vast Amazon reserve to mining
Source: BBC News Brazil’s government has abolished a vast national reserve in the Amazon to open up the area to mining. The area, covering 46,000 sq km (17,800 sq miles), […]
Trump says he is willing to ‘close government’ to build Mexico wall
Source: BBC News Donald Trump says he will close down the US government if necessary to build his wall along the Mexico border. The president told supporters at a “Make […]
Brazilians funneled as slaves by US church, ex-members say
Source: Associated Press By MITCH WEISS, HOLBROOK MOHR and PETER PRENGAMAN SPINDALE, N.C. (AP) — When Andre Oliveira answered the call to leave his Word of Faith Fellowship congregation in […]
Rio’s Valongo slave wharf becomes Unesco heritage site
Source: BBC News Image copyrightAFPImage captionThe old stone wharf is now inland, after successive land reclamation projects in Rio A wharf in Rio de Janeiro where nearly a million African […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Zion invites you to Coffee, Cake & True Islam
Source: https://www.evensi.us/coffee-cake-and-true-islam-ahmadiyya-muslim-community-usa/210243378 Extremists distort the teachings of Islam. Join us to find out what True Islam is really all about Friday June 30 7pm to 8pm
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to host a Q&A Session at Queens
ANSWERING PHILOSOPHIC HUMANIST QUESTIONS – PART II Answering Philosophic Humanist Questions Join us @ Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA 18815 McLaughlin Ave, Hollis, Queens, NY 11423 United States Time: Sat May 20 2017 at 02:00 pm
Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community applauded for launching Ask Islam campaign through B.C
Source: http://www.delta-optimist.com/opinion/letters/open-discussions-lead-the-way-to-acceptance-1.20212077 Open discussions lead the way to acceptance DELTA OPTIMIST | MAY 26, 2017 12:00 AM Editor: Re: Ask Islam campaign launches with ride from Delta mosque, May 17 I applaud the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association for launching their campaign through B.C. I hope that their efforts inspire others across […]
Venezuelan Women March on Caracas Against ‘Repression’
Source: Time BY Hannah Dreier / AP (CARACAS) — Women banged on pans and some stripped off their white shirts Saturday as they protested Venezuela’s socialist government in an event the […]
Mexico newspaper stops printing after reporter shot dead
Source: BBC A regional newspaper in Mexico says the violence against journalists and the lack of punishment for those responsible is forcing it to stop printing. In an editorial, Norte […]
The US-Mexico border wall: What’s at stake?
Source: Aljazeera By Massoud Hayoun Throughout his 2016 election campaign, PresidentDonald Trump called for the construction of a bigger, more impenetrable border wall along the US border with Mexico. He also […]
Brazil meat-packing giants ‘exported rotten beef’
Source: BBC The authorities in Brazil suspended 33 government officials amid allegations that some of the country’s biggest meat processors have been selling rotten beef and poultry for years. Three […]
‘Healthiest hearts in the world’ found
Source: BBC By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News website 18 March 2017 Image copyrightMICHAEL GURVEN The healthiest hearts in the world have been found in the Tsimane […]
Mennonites seek to come to terms with Nazi collaboration
Source: Religion News Service By Ben Goossen SHARETWEET EMAILPRINTMORE FILADELFIA, Paraguay (RNS) Violence tore through this close-knit, traditionally pacifist community on the night of March 11, 1944. All the more remarkable, […]
Chile floods: Millions without water in capital Santiago
Source: BBC Rainstorms and landslides in Chile have contaminated a major river forcing the authorities to cut off drinking water to at least four million people in the capital, Santiago. […]
Mayors of Paris, Sydney, Mexico City: Tolerance Equals Strength
Source: Time By Anne Hidalgo, Clover Moore, Miguel Ángel Mancera Hidalgo is Mayor of Paris. Moore is Lord Mayor of Sydney. Mancera is Mayor of Mexico City. As the mayors of […]
How Islam took root in one of South America’s most violent cities
Source: The Guardian: By Sibylla Brodzinsky The Colombian port of Buenaventura is home to a small Muslim community who have successively embraced the Nation of Islam, Sunni and Shia interpretations […]